Archive for the ‘Dick Ruzzin’ tag

* Over on Dean’s Garage, GM stylist Dick Ruzzin shared his memories – and some photos and sketches – from the genesis of the Oldsmobile Toronado, which was designed and developed alongside the Buick Riviera and Cadillac Eldorado and which apparently took inspiration from the Ferrari 330 GT 2+2.

* While experimentation with EVs has been ongoing in pretty much every automotive era, the late 1980s isn’t generally known as a golden age of electric vehicles, yet as Ronan Glon at Ran When Parked pointed out, it’s when BMW developed and built a handful of electric 325iXs for testing purposes.

* Yes, indeed, Seagrave – the fire apparatus company – considered building a fiberglass-bodied car in the early 1960s. Geoff Hacker at Forgotten Fiberglass found a 1961 Car Life article with the dirt on the tiny but well-proportioned car.

* Yes, those are two adult men behind Duncan Pittaway’s massive Fiat S76 replica project, a 1,729-cu.in. four-cylinder monster that Duncan plans to run in Belgium at up to 132 MPH this December. The Old Motor’s got more on the project.

* Finally, over on Modern Mechanix, a September 1955 Popular Mechanics article on a Le Sabre-inspired dream car, apparently a Spohn-bodied custom Chevrolet.